For a new and lovely set of variations on Greenselves by Christoph Dalitz, go to Taco Walstra's ABC archives at
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~walstra/ABCArchive Look under Renaissance Lute/ Dalitz. He has two other pieces there, btw, one of which is a fine set of variations on "Happy Birthday". On 3/18/05 6:00 AM, "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jon, > you are certainly right in saying that you can play that tune like any > other on its own and enjoy it. And anybody familiar with it will > recognize and enjoy, also. You can do that with any melody. When I said > it cannot stand on its own, I should rather have put it more distinct. > What I had in mind is the way of perception. There are tunes that > audibly bear on certain harmonical changes and progressions. If you > don't have the accompaniment, modern listerners will, nevertheless, > supply it. Such a tune is Green Sleeves. Its melodic line includes all > the notes needed for the distinction of chords. That doesn't come as a > surprise as it was invented as a treble on a certain ground and is just > one out of a big bunch of other trebles to it. There even are divisions > on this treble, most famous probably are those in The Division Flute > from the beginning of 18th century. When listening to it, you will > always supply its harmonical accompaniment. Sorry, I wasn't clear enough > at first. > Best, > Mathias > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
